Sky Paragliding

New flying place discovered: Gura Bohotin

2016-08-30T01:15:00.000+03:00

If you are a paragliding pilot from Iasi you shouldn't miss this place. On the way from Iasi to Husi, near Gura Bohotin there is a very long hill on the right side of the road. This hill is well suited for NE wind.

A new flight at Movileni

2016-08-29T01:11:00.000+03:00

Relaxing flight in the evening at Movileni.

First festival of hot air balloons in Iasi

2016-08-28T01:09:00.000+03:00

his was the first festival with hot air balloons in Iasi.

New flying place at Movileni

2016-08-27T01:06:00.000+03:00

We found a new hill at Movileni, near Larga Jijia. This slope has almost 1.5 km in length and is facing N.

Boistea, strong wind, ground handling

2016-08-26T01:01:00.000+03:00

Since it was very windy we spent time mostly with ground handling at Boistea.

New flying place: Rosu, near Cozia, Iasi

2016-08-25T00:46:00.000+03:00

We discovered a new flying place this Spring in Iasi county, between Cozia and Rosu. The slope is shallow with many bushes, however it has good potentials for thermals.

Some pictures with this hill.

para-Valentines with Toma Coconea

2016-08-24T00:41:00.000+03:00

We had a special guest at Valentines: Toma Coconea.

Flying at -16 Celsius. January 3

2016-01-04T18:11:00.001+02:00

Flying at -16 is quite challenging because at this temperature the windchill while paragliding is around -28 Celsius degrees. Breath condenses on the glasses and then it freezes reducing visibility.
However it was a lot of fun :)

New Year's Eve 2015-2016

2016-01-04T18:03:00.001+02:00

New Year's Eve at Popricani. We were lucky to finish 2015 flying, the weather was good, temperature around -12 Celsius, wind a little bit strong but still flyable.

December 27, 2015; hot day in the winter

2015-12-29T09:27:00.000+02:00

At 17 Celsius degrees it was more like spring than winter.

December 24, 2015: Christmas Eve

2015-12-27T09:54:00.000+02:00

Short flight on Christmas Eve.

SE facing hill found !

2015-11-03T11:16:00.002+02:00

The lack of a flying place for SE wind is one of the biggest hurdles for Iasi paragliding pilots. Needless to add is the fact that SE wind has become increasingly common in recent years. The only solution in such situations was going to the mountains which means a 200+ km journey. After a constant searching over the years for a closer solution we finally found this hill near Boistea village in Neamt County. This hill is situated at 110 km from Iasi and could be easily reached by car; the entire road is paved up to Boistea and continues with a very short country road that leads up to the site of takeoff.

We arrived quite late at the scene and the wind was very weak; at the base it was virtually nil wind, however rustling trees could be seen at the summit. As we noticed latter, that was enough to get us airborne and realized that the slope was soarable.

Valea Blaznei, October 11, 2014

2015-02-14T15:06:00.000+02:00

Blaznei Valley, a wonderful place to visit in Rodna Mountains. After a very long journey from Iasi and a meeting with the bear, we finally reached our destination. Accommodation was very cheap at Diana cottage (1250 m) and very convenient for those who want to be closer to the crest. You can take off just a little bit above the cottage or from the first top of the creast (Cobasel) or from top Red and fly towards Ineut and Ineu peeks.
Autumn seems to be the best season to fly there.

Frenciugi 18 May 2014

2014-05-19T11:37:00.000+03:00

Zapodeni 26 April 2014

2014-04-26T22:51:00.001+03:00

A high pressure day, blue thermals with sharp cores at Zapodeni, we've got a maximum of 1500m ASL altitude this time.

Frenciugi, 29 September 2013

2014-02-09T08:11:00.000+02:00

Popricani 11 August 2013

2013-08-12T22:33:00.002+03:00

paragliding at Popricani-Iasi, August 2013 from atreyyu on Vimeo.

Zapodeni 10 August 2013

2013-08-12T21:50:00.001+03:00

Zapodeni 12 Mai 2013

2013-06-09T17:35:00.000+03:00

Cristi Giurgi with a new personal record at Spinoasa

2013-04-21T14:06:00.002+03:00

Cristi Giurgi managed a very nice flight yesterday at Spinoasa. With good Spring conditions, Cristi climbed his Windtech Tecno wing to no less than 2691 m ASL and covered a distance of 72 km from the Spinoasa to Buhusi near Bacau.

Roman city below

His track log here: http://www.xcontest.org/romania/zboruri/detalii:giurgic/20.4.2013/11:31

first flight at Schitu Duca in 2013

2013-03-03T23:05:00.000+02:00

Popricani, February 9 2013

2013-02-09T20:18:00.001+02:00

Popricani, January 26 2013

2013-01-27T11:41:00.000+02:00

Second flight at Frenciugi

2012-09-18T10:59:00.000+03:00

A second paragliding flight at Frenciugi took place last Sunday. Strong side wind coming from North instead North-West this time made our day more challenging, thought we managed to fly in the end especially in the evening.

Please check out the first flight at this place, link here.

First flight near Frenciugi village

2012-09-11T22:20:00.000+03:00

Our paraglider pilots were in desperate need of a new hill for NW wind. Several places have been checked on maps and after preliminary selection on Google Earth we went on the field for a real test. A 550 m long ridge facing NW and situated East of Frenciugi village and NNE of Cazanesti lake was our priority target last Saturday. The 100 m high hill is composed of a smooth slope at base counting for 70 m in height and a steep ridge at top. Let's see how good it is for paragliding this hill near Frenciugi.

If it's good or not for flying...well, I guess this video explains everything :).